Re: Horizon 202 and infrared

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 10 Nov 96 at 5:16, Don Roberts wrote:

> I just got a Horizon and would like to try infrared in it. M yfirst
> concern is how do yopu load it in the dark?  They are a little tricky in
> the light.

<grin>
Welcome to the nightmare! (pun intended)
There are three solutions for darkloading the 202: 
exercise, exercise, exercise 

Serious, start off by 'darkloading' (blindloading will do) normal
film, not just HIE. You can then cheat by opening your eyes if you 
screw up, something that doesn't work with HIE....;-))

One trick for loading the 202 in general: don't try to pry out the
film leader when it protrudes on the far right, before attaching it
to the spool. If you rotate it a few cm's further, it will pop right
out, after bulging inbetween. Much, much easier. Though you might
need to pull the film back, since the leader can be too long then
for attachment on the spool (press the rewind release button on the 
bottom, and rewind).

WARNING: if you pull the film back partly by rewinding, be sure to
get the cartridge lined up with the felt opening front facing, not
back facing, as it would after rewinding. You will jam the film
transport if the opening still faces the back of the camera when you
close the door! Been there, done that, didn't like it one bit....:-((

Additional note: be sure to have the shutter recocked completely 
before rewinding. With darkloading, you can use every cm of film, 
since the leader isn't spoiled by daylight. But to use even the very 
first cm's, you need to have the shutter cocked, otherwise you loose 
the same cm's by transporting to the 'first' frame.

The single largest problem with darkloading the 202 is aligning the 
film in the teeth of the sprocket. Almost always I start too low; it 
feels logical, but if you see what you are doing, it isn't.
I have been pondering about glueing in some kind of alignment guide, 
so that the film can't be guided too low.

Remember, exercise, exercise, exercise. If you have time, try to 
darkload any film you use, not just HIE. Also the only way to remember how 
to do it, if you haven't used HIE for some time.

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